Leshaun — boys' name
235 babies named Leshaun in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
235 boys have been named Leshaun since 1977, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2017.
- 235
- total births
- 1977–2017
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 30%
- born in that decade
30% of everyone ever named Leshaun was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Leshaun in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leshaun
The Social Security Administration has registered 235 babies named Leshaun between 1977 and 2017, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Leshaun currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 19 babies received it in a single year. Leshaun is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 28 additional births since 1971.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leshaun performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Leshaun shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leshaun in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 235 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Leshaun at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Leshaun popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1977
- Peak year (1978)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
235 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 19 births in a single year.
Leshaun popularity over time — girls
28 total births recorded since 1971 (Leshaun as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Leshaun accounts for 11% of total recorded use across both genders.
Leshaun by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 70 births that decade — 30% of Leshaun's all-time total
Leshaun decade highlights
- Peak decade 70 births
- Runner-up 60 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Leshaun's strongest decade
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1977–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.